For Part 1 of this essay please see “The Case Against a Palestinian State – Part 1: An Unjust Cause” here. A Failed Trial Run ...

The European Union is set to ease sanctions on Syria, a move German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hailed Monday as a positive step for both Syrians and Europeans. Speaking to reporters in ...

European foreign ministers agreed on a “road map” to lift financial restrictions, but the change will happen in stages. By Jeanna Smialek and Erika Solomon Jeanna Smialek reported from ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Maya by emailing [email protected]. Syria has ended its Tartus port contract with Russia, allocating management of the facility to Damascus ...

Syria’s new authorities terminated a contract this week with a Russian company that had managed the port of Tartous for more than five years, further restricting the Russian presence in the country ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 and lasted until the toppling of President Bashar Assad in late 2024?

Syria’s new authorities have terminated an agreement with Russia’s Stroytransgaz to manage the Tartus port, Kommersant reports. The 49-year deal, signed in 2019, is no longer in effect, according to ...

Syria’s new government has canceled a 49-year lease signed with Russia to operate the port of Tartus, home to Moscow’s sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea. The lease, signed in 2017 ...

Since taking office, Syria’s new leaders have strived to disband the SDF and integrate its fighters into the state, invoking the need for Syrian unity, but the SDF has so far refused.

The Kurdish forces guarding ISIS fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra-hardline ...

Tunisia experienced a similar shift, with Islamist groups initially taking power after Ben Ali’s dictatorship, only to be replaced by the authoritarian Kais Saied. Syria seems to be following ...